Maximize the Moment [Hardcover]

T. D. Jakes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 1999

T. D. Jakes's The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord was #1 on the CBA, Wordstock, and Publishers Weekly Religion bestseller lists and has sold more than a half-million copies. Now he offers a book to show men and women how to maximize their potential and fulfill the divine plan that God has for them.

Bishop T. D. Jakes has profoundly affected and positively influenced millions of people. He has the remarkable gift of deeply touching the hearts and souls of the men and women who need to hear God's Word. With Maximize the Moment, he brings them the message that as children of God, their Heavenly Father has a divine plan for them. The sum of one's life is the choices one makes, Bishop Jakes says. Choose wisely and life will be rich and rewarding. Choose with a plan in your head and God in your heart, and you can never lose.

Many people spend time blindly chasing material acquisitions and the approval of others. Or else they stand on the sidelines, spectators at the game of life, doing nothing and achieving nothing. Bishop Jakes wants readers to know that the keys to success are available to everyone. He explains that in every moment of every day, God provides all that is needed for success. He leads readers to recognize their worth and helps them fulfill their potential. He teaches that with smart strategies and divine support, seemingly insurmountable obstacles and daunting crises can be overcome. And finally, he encourages everyone to look to the Lord, for it is through Him that all good things come.

Sensible, practical, inspirational--T. D. Jakes has written a book that will teach everyone to make the most out of life and to maximize every moment.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Maximize the Moment is a biblically-based self-help book by T.D. Jakes, a leading African-American pastor, motivational speaker, and the author of The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord. Jakes begins the book with a powerful reminder of the frailty of life, the reason that "we should maximize and prioritize our time and esteem it as precious." In a straightforward, humble style, Jakes teaches readers to reach their God-given potential in family, work, and spiritual life. His advice, in short, is to think of every moment as an opportunity for decision, and then to make decisions that are always faithful and constructive. The passages advocating freedom from fear-filled and destructive relationships are especially powerful, and well-crafted to be useful for both men and women. Maximize the Moment also has a wealth of sayings that stick in the brain without the cloying sentiment that often colors self-help books. "The wisest thing we can do," Jakes writes, "is minimize the liabilities, plan for the unexpected, enjoy the ecstasies, endure the disappointments, and then face the inevitable."

From Publishers Weekly

This is motivational writing with a preacher's flair. Jakes, the bestselling author of The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord, describes himself as "the television minister of millions, the pastor of thousands, the father of five, the Chief Executive Officer of three companies, and the husband of one." Here, the bishop wants readers to consider the brevity of their lives and make something of themselves. The book's subtext often seems to be upward mobility: Jakes urges readers to disentangle themselves from those who don't help them maximize their potential, and he provides a checklist of attitudes for associating with the educated or powerful. Jakes can certainly turn a phrase in classic preacher fashion, though by the end of the book enough phrases have been turned to leave even the most enthusiastic congregation a little dizzy. Underneath the rhetorical flourish, however, there is little depth, and the frequent biblical quotations seem to serve mostly as conventional jumping-off points for what is essentially high-octane self-help literature. The motivational tone flags only once, when Jakes narrates the agonizing experience of caring for his mother during her illness and eventual death from a brain tumor. For 10 brilliant and heart-wrenching pages, Jakes's gift with words, his insights into patience and perseverance and, not least, the riches of his faith are all in evidence. If only the whole book rang so true. (Jan.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 237 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1St Edition edition (December 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399145656
• ISBN-13: 978-0399145650
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

T. D. Jakes is the CEO of TDJ Enterprises, LLP; founder and senior pastor of The Potter's House of Dallas, Inc., which has over 30,000 members; and the author of the New York Times bestselling Making Great Decisions and Reposition Yourself. Time magazine and CNN referred to him as "America's Best Preacher." His TV show, The Potter's Touch, reaches 67 million households per month. He has been the host of national radio and television broadcasts and is regularly featured on the highly rated Dr. Phil show. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife, five children, and two grandchildren.

Visit T. D. Jakes online at www.tdjakes.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maximize the moment, January 6, 2000

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Ebrahim Macharia (mi,usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maximize the Moment (Hardcover)

This is the best xmas gift I ever received. This book will change your life. If you have heard TD Jakes preaching, you have seen his ability to excite the audience and keep them screaming. This performance is repeated in the book.It starts at such a high note. The introduction alone sends millions of questions thru your mind -past, present and future. The book keeps you evaluating your life using criterias that are supported biblically. It gives you the Bible scriptures to justfy or drive actions in your life. Read this book.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Down to Earth Balanced book for all Who Need a plan, April 13, 2000

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"paco1" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maximize the Moment (Hardcover)

Once again T D Jakes has touched my heart and soul by writing such an insightful balanced book that is full of ground breaking truth about how to look at life and live it to its full potential. In a day and time when there is so much dysfunction in the body of christ, this book brings back the balance for anyone who is strung out on extremes of spiritual mumbo jumbo. Mazimizing the Moment paints a clear balanced picture of how to handle our everyday lives, other people, and different situations whether bad or good, and teaches you how to gain insight into how we should put our plan in the hands of God who has blessed us with great unrealized potential. Anyone who reads this marvelous, down to earth account of God's plan for our lives will come away enlightened. Many unanswered questions will be answered. Thankyou for sharing your heart and personal life in this book because now I know that life is about maximizing my moments. Again this book has set me free in many ways and I suggest everyone read it before they enter the winter of their lives. Thank you for telling us how to appreciate ourselves and start living instead of existing.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening - Empowering!, March 25, 2000

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Mindy Silva - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maximize the Moment (Hardcover)

I found this book to be extremely powerful in it's message. It's no-nonsense approach goes straight to the heart of the matter. He tells it like it is, keeping within the confines of the spiritual laws that govern our lives. This is a golden nugget I am passing on to others, hoping it's as helpful to them as it was to me. If after reading this book you find you don't like it (it made you feel uncomfortable in some way?) then perhaps it's because it's message has stirred up some residue that needs to be dealt with. This book's message is about changing and streamlining the most precious commodity we have - our own lives! It's about taking stock of what we're doing and how we're doing it and why, then showing you how to stop doing what's not working and get on with life. I was definitely blessed by reading this book. Thank you, TD Jakes. (I would love to do a Spanish translation for my Spanish speaking friends in South America who can't read English.)